Encryption (Technical Help)

Because many players play from shared labs, etc., we have seen hack attempts, some unfortunately successful. Thus, we have added encryption support for connections to the MUD.

We have two different modes of encryption available.

1. SSL support:
   • Several clients have it built-in. Just check the "SSL" box if it's there and connect to port 444.
     • TinyFugue 5: /connect -x (or /world -x)
     • KildClient: check "Use SSL"
     • KBtin: use #sslsession instead of #session
   • The Two Towers web client will use encryption if you connect to our site using https protocol, at https://t2tmud.org
   • If you use another client, you can use the stunnel program to create a local proxy that will connect to T2T securely. It is available at https://www.stunnel.org/downloads.html, or through system package manager if you use Unix/Linux.

   • Once stunnel is installed, you can set up the proxy:

     • by hand: run "stunnel -c -d localhost:9999 -r t2tmud.org:444",

     • or use the following config file:

               ====( /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf )=================================
               [realmud]
               accept  = localhost:9999
               connect = t2tmud.org:444
       

               [testmud]
               accept  = localhost:9990
               connect = t2tmud.org:446
               ==================================================================
       

     Check stunnel documentation for your OS for details on how to use and where to put the configuration file.

   • T2T SSL certificate has short validity (90 days) and will be renewed after that period. Therefore you probably shouldn't configure stunnel to any specific .pem certificate file.
2. SSH support:

    ssh [email protected]

Too bad, there's very few ssh programs for Windows. Pretty much the only popular one is Putty -- and it's difficult to tie to your usual MUD client.